BRYSON YOUNG & COMPANY LIMITED
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 44.9y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 44.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1 | 100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-19📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-18📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2023-09-18📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2023-09-18📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2022-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-07📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2022-09-07📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2022-09-07📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2021-11-08📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-10-29📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2021-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-29📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2021-10-05📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2021-10-05📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2021-09-30➖ANDERSON, Daniel resignedsecretary
- 2020-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-09📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2018-02-07🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2013-12-31➕SLOAN, Alasdair Edgar Mackenzie appointeddirector
- 2013-12-31➖SLOAN, Graeme Stewart Mackenzie resigneddirector
- 1996-04-30➕ANDERSON, Daniel appointedsecretary
- 1996-04-30➖BEATON, Iain Alasdair resignedsecretary
- 1996-04-30➖BEATON, Iain Alasdair resigneddirector
- 1989-07-31➖WILLOCK, James resigneddirector
- 1981-06-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 1981-03-10🏢Company incorporatedAs BRYSON YOUNG & COMPANY LIMITED
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Macewen, Falconer & Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Macewen, Falconer & Company Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 17/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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Filing status
Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Floating charge | 1 property | 03/06/1981 | 07/02/2018 |